The Looming Cloud

Chook Shed

December 2023 •English

Emerson Hayes is a 60-year-old sculptor who lives in a caravan and works from an old shed in the back corner of her daughter’s coastal egg farm. When she is informed that her most acclaimed and last remaining work on public display is being replaced, she seeks a new home for it with family friend Lena, who curates a prestigious contemporary gallery. Lena, however, demands that Em present a fresh new work if she is to be considered for exhibition. As Em struggles to break out of her artistic rut, she is forced to reckon not only with her place in the art world, but with her entire identity.

The Golden Cage

September 2023 •Bengali

It is an early winter morning in Kolkata in 1989 and the palatial old "Roy Choudhury" house lies dilapidated, housing the last few members of a once huge affluent joint family. Rudro, the younger brother of the last generation, an under-confident, nondescript man in his mid-30s tries to convince Rajatabho, the eldest of the brothers to take up the offer of selling the house in a desperate attempt to save themselves from bankruptcy. Rajatabho, however, is unrelenting. Rudro, later tries to convince Anjali, Rajatabho's wife, to help change her husband's mind. Later in the day, a crying Anjali grinds down sleeping pills on her kitchen slab. She reminisces down memory lane through each nook and corner of the house as she does this. Finally, at dusk, as Anjali stands alone on the terrace holding a bottle of sleeping pills, Rajatabho suddenly arrives and they look eye to eye for the first time in months.

The Neighbor

December 1992 •Tagalog

One by one, the children who play at a neighborhood park are abducted by a Witawit, a monstrous-looking creature who lives in the park’s trees. Little Nikkie and Yaya Tising try to get to the bottom of the mystery and rescue the abducted children.

IKEA Heights: The Next Generation

February 2016 •English

A mysterious force is clearly at play, as two hopeless roommates attempt to discover what is happening to their home in the first episode of 'IKEA Heights: The Next Generation'.

Odyssea

January 2014 •English

A young woman returns to her idyllic hometown and embarks on a private venture that involves both real and imagined inhabitants from her past.

Flesh and Sand

May 2017 •English

Based on true accounts, the superficial lines between subject and bystander are blurred and bound together, allowing individuals to walk in a vast space and thoroughly live a fragment of the refugees' personal journeys.

The Speed of Sound

August 2022 •English

A psychological drama, driven by sound and silence.

Late B(l)oomer

November 2023 •Indonesian

Jul just got laid off and chose to pursue his old dream. It comes with a price however, as he has to face his daughter’s expectations that she had set for him.

De Veestapel aan de Kribbe

November 2023 •Dutch

A slice of life story about a Christmas Eve. In the nineties. At the household of a West-Flemish family. Spoken in West-Flemish. Comical. But tragic if you ask the narrator.

Jameel Alsaeed

December 2023 •Arabic

A candidate with a health condition shows up in a job interview, then it turns to a debate about the meaning of happiness from each person’s perspective

Lost in Transmission

Invalid date •English

After the passing of one of their best friends, a group of twenty-something year olds must navigate their ways through the grief, but the differing emotions lead to the question of whether their bond will survive as well.

Passants 1-2

February 2020 •French

Bug Diner

January 2024 •English

A dissatisfied marriage, a secret crush, and workplace fantasies come to a head in a diner run by a mole with a hot ass.

Bob's Funeral

January 2024 •English

Searching for the root of generational trauma, the director takes a camera into his estranged grandfather’s funeral.

Pacific Parable: Buried Treasure

Invalid date •English

In 1880s Pacific Northwest, a pioneer's wife stumbles upon treasure while grazing cattle in a neighbor’s field. It could change their fortunes, but her husband is not so sure, and the neighbor won’t sell easily.

Smile

September 2024 •English

Smile is about a woman in her fifties and how she has to navigate day to day sexism, the fall out of sexual assault and how in the end she decides to fight back.

Exceedingly Human Processes

August 2024 •English

A man is observed under objective, inhuman surveillance.

Queen of Hearts: A Twin Peaks Fan Film

June 2022 •English

"Queen of Hearts: A Twin Peaks Fan Film, is both a prequel, starting with FBI Agent Dale Cooper (Nico Abiera) meeting his mentor Windom Earle (Paul Griffith Springer) and Earle's wife (and Cooper's eventual lover) Caroline (Charlotte Roi) and the fallout surrounding those relationships, as well as a sequel, following Annie Blackburn (Madison Bates) after her escape from the Black Lodge on a new mysterious and dangerous adventure."

More Mice Than Brains

November 1925 •English

Silent cartoon.